The Llangollen and Corwen Railway was formed as a continuation of the Vale of Llangollen Railway to continue the line along the Dee Valley a further 9 miles 50 chains (15.5 km) to Corwen. This was opened on throughout on 8 May 1865 and was worked by the Great Western Railway and subsequently the Western Region of British Railways.[1]
It was closed by British Railways in 1968, but the line survives today, and has operated as a heritage railway since 1981.[2]
References
edit- ^ Baughan, Peter E. (1980). North and Mid Wales. Newton Abbot: David & Charles. p. 138. ISBN 0-7153-7850-3.
- ^ Heath, Mike (2005). The Llangollen railway. Tiverton: Halsgrove. p. 3. ISBN 1841144436.
See also
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